A few days ago, the Sichuan Provincial Development and Reform Commission announced the list of key projects in Sichuan Province in 2023. The Jinkouhe-Xichang Expressway is included in the new construction projects in 2023. This means that the construction of the fourth expressway from Chengdu to Panxi will start soon. It means that the fourth passage to the north in the Panxi area is about to enter the substantive construction stage, and it is expected to arrive from Panzhihua to Leshan in 5 hours.

Jinkouhe-Xichang Expressway, referred to as Jinxi Expressway, is an important section of the Leshan-Yunnan Expressway in the "Sichuan Provincial Expressway Network Planning (2019-2035)", and it also has the double-track function of the G5 Yaxi Expressway. The project starts in Ganluo County, passes through Yuexi County, Xide County, and Mianning County, and ends in Xichang City. The total length of the route is about 203 kilometers, and the estimated total investment is about 41.4 billion yuan.

The project is divided into main line and Lugu branch line. The main line starts near Wushi Bridge Town, Ganluo County, Liangshan Prefecture, connects Emei-Hanyuan Expressway, passes through Ganluo County, Yuexi County, and Xide County, ends near Pushi Township, Zhaojue County, and connects Xichang-Zhaotong Expressway The highway, the main line, is about 172.5 kilometers long, with a design speed of 80 kilometers per hour and a roadbed width of 25.5 meters. The Lugu branch line starts from the east of Xide County, connects with the main line, passes through Guangming Town, Lak Township, and Mianshan Town in Xide County, ends at the north of Lugu Town, Mianning County, and connects to the G5 Beijing-Kunming Expressway. The total length of the branch line is about 38.2 kilometers , using the design speed of 80 km/h and the construction standard of roadbed width of 25.5 meters.

The construction of this project is to implement the strategic deployment of a transportation power, strengthen the national expressway network, and improve the needs of the Sichuan Provincial Expressway network; it is to help the Liangpanxi area to actively integrate into the Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle, the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and the Belt and Road Initiative. Development, the need to promote the coordinated development of the central and western regions; it is the need to implement the country's major decision on rural revitalization and to promote the economic and social leapfrog development along the project. Friends, you are welcome to follow me and bring you more fresh and warm life information. You are welcome to leave a message, bookmark, share, forward, and grow together. Editor / Zhao E